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Friday, October 28, 2011

Drupal 7.9, a maintenance release with numerous bug fixes (no security fixes) is now available for download. Several critical bugs with the OpenID have been addressed in this release, among other critical and major bugs, and a few new API features. See the Drupal 7.9 release notes for a full listing.

Upgrading your existing Drupal 7 sites is strongly recommended. There are no new features in these releases. For more information about the Drupal 7.x release series, consult the Drupal 7.0 release announcement.

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Session proposals are still being accepted for the next DrupalCon, being held at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, March 19 -23, 2012. The conference theme is "Collaborative Publishing for Every Device" and the deadline to submit sessions is October 26, 2011 23:59:59 UTC/GMT -7.
DrupalCon Denver will be focusing on 8 significant areas of expertise and of particular interest to Drupal users and developers alike. Preference will be given to session ideas that examine the following tracks and how they relate to the conference theme:

Site Building

Coding and Development

Design and User Experience

Drupal Community

Business Strategy

Mobile

Commerce

Nonprofit, Government and Education

These session tracks descriptions are available online, so make sure to visit the official DrupalCon Denver website to learn more.
Session ideas are posted online as they are submitted - see the list of sessions proposed so far. The final selections picked from all session submissions will be announced on November 16, 2011 and the final DrupalCon Denver schedule will be live on December 7, 2011. Any and all proposals are welcome -- help keep DrupalCon 100% powered by You!

Monday, October 17, 2011

Hello from Jennifer and Ariane, your friendly Drupal Documentation Team co-leads! It’s time for a quarterly update on what’s happening in the Documentation Team—we've been working on some major restructuring of documentation and the Docs Team since our last update (June 28, 2011), and we'd like to get you up to date on our plans, and other events and news.

Docs restruction

The big news for this quarter is that we are in the midst of some restructuring of the online Drupal documentation, as well as of the Documentation Team itself. Nothing has been completely settled yet, but here is an outline of our plans, reasoning, and links to more information and where you can get involved in the discussion.

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Denver, CO is hosting the next North American DrupalCon happening on March 19-23, 2012 at the massive, well-appointed Colorado Convention Center. The worldwide Drupal Community is what makes DrupalCon so fun and exciting, and Colorado's community is thrilled to be the home of "Drupal Elevated" -- tickets go on sale soon, so be sure to follow us on twitter and we'll tell you what's going on, @drupalcondenver.

DrupalCon is a world-class conference with a world-wide audience. If you or your organization actively use Drupal, or even if you never have but want to learn, DrupalCon is your chance to engage the community, learn from others, and share your experiences.

DrupalCon Denver is now accepting session submissions -- go to http://denver2012.drupal.org/ to submit your idea today! If you want to present in Denver, now is the time to start thinking about what this year's theme, "Collaborative Publishing for Every Device," means to you, and we're accepting sessions in the following tracks:

Monday, October 10, 2011

Drupal 7.8, a maintenance release with numerous bug fixes (no security fixes) is now available for download.

A critical bug with the upgrade path, #1164852: Inconsistencies in field language handling has been addressed in this release, among other critical and major bugs. See the Drupal 7.8 release notes for a full listing.

Upgrading your existing Drupal 7 sites is strongly recommended. There are no new features in these releases. For more information about the Drupal 7.x release series, consult the Drupal 7.0 release announcement.